Progress

My goal at the beginning of the summer was to finish the draft of my novel, Violet Eyes, before school started. This will be possible if I really try hard, but I'm starting to think it's not a big deal if I don't finish it then. I want to finish it, of course. But I'm also a little scared about getting to the end! You know how it's hard to finish reading a good book because you don't want it to be over? It's like that, except I happen to be writing it instead of reading it. But the experience is the same. I love writing it. (That's what I say on good days. Ask me later and I might tell you that the process is overwhelmingly frustrating. Both are true, of course.)

I'm also worried about revising it once it's done. That will be a difficult process, and writing it is much more fun. I definitely want it to be done by the end of September, though, and then I guess I just have to revise it and then look forward to moving on to something else!